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Gascoyne: It's time to beat established teams

www.gpupdate.net — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:00:00 UTC

Mike Gascoyne is confident that the rebranded Caterham team will be able to challenge a number of established runners in 2012. The year will be a busy one for Gascoyne personally, as he assists the subsidiary Caterham Composites company. With Mark Smith Technical Director of the F1 team, Gascoyne will...

Hispania replace Kolles with Luis Perez-Sala

mx_tifosi — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:25:00 UTC

Spanish former Formula 1 driver Luis Perez-Sala (Barcelona, 15th on May 1959) takes on, as of today, the role of Team Principal of HRT F1 Team after the exit of the head sporting figure from the Spanish team. With the naming of Luis Perez-Sala at the fore of the team, HRT F1 Team closes one chapter and...

F1: Toro Rosso - A chat about the 2012 driver line up

www.motorsport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:56:58 UTC

DR: It feels amazing! It's nice coming into next season knowing what I'm doing and being able to focus solely on that. I am looking forward to working with a good group of people that I already spent a lot of time with this year. So there's plenty to look forward to in 2012. DR: I was actually at home,...

Colin Kolles leaves HRT with immediate effect

Christine Blachford — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:33:53 UTC

Yesterday, it was announced that Colin Kolles would be leaving HRT as team principal, with today being his last day at the squad. Kolles has been an instrumental part of the team's development over the last couple of years and has been with them since before they hit the grid for the first time in 2010....

WRC: Ford Reveals Two-Year Agreement With M-Sport

www.autoracingdaily.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:35:07 UTC

Long-term partner M-Sport, the British-based preparation company, which has successfully operated Ford's WRC activities since 1997, will continue to operate the programme from its state-of-the-art facilities at Dovenby Hall in north-west England. The Fiesta RS World Rally Car will continue as Ford's...

Formula 1: Scuderia Toro Rosso Reveal Drivers For 2012

www.autoracingdaily.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:12:24 UTC

Scuderia Toro Rosso will have a completely new driver line-up for the 2012 Formula 1 season, made up of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne. It will be the first time since the team's 2006 debut that it will begin the year with an all new line-up. Both drivers have come through the Red Bull Junior...

Toro Rosso gives reasons for double exit

www.gpupdate.net — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:54:00 UTC

Toro Rosso has explained why it choose to oust both Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi when selecting its drivers for the 2012 F1 season. In a meeting at Red Bull's Austrian headquarters on Tuesday, it was decided that Daniel Ricciardo and newcomer Jean-Eric Vergne would step up to the team next year....

Ferrari to use F1 2012 car at first test

www.crash.net — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:40:26 UTC

Ferrari will be ready to start testing with its new car at the very first test at Jerez on February 7, it has been confirmed.

QA with Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo

www.formula1.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:34:00 UTC

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Rosso Test and Reserve Driver. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Rosso STR6 Test and Reserve Driver. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Rosso Test and Reserve Driver. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) HRT Formula 1 Team...

F1: Minardi driver Perez-Sala takes control at HRT

www.motorsport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:31:07 UTC

F1: Alguersuari says Toro Rosso axe 'very surprising' F1: Alguersuari says Toro Rosso axe 'very surprising'

F1: Lehto jailed for speedboat crash death

www.motorsport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:28:40 UTC

Former F1 driver JJ Lehto has been sentenced to jail. The ex Sauber and Benetton racer was charged with the manslaughter of his friend after it was found he was driving a speedboat when it crashed into a canal bridge pillar in his native Finland last year. F1: Alguersuari says Toro Rosso axe 'very...

Vergne: Ricciardo will have early edge

www.autosport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:27:35 UTC

Jean-Eric Vergne has conceded that Scuderia Toro Rosso team-mate Daniel Ricciardo may have the edge on him at the start of next year, but hopes he can develop quickly to catch him up. The Frenchman has been handed his Formula 1 chance by Toro Rosso, after the outfit announced on Wednesday that it was...

F1: Alguersuari says Toro Rosso axe 'very surprising'

www.motorsport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:24:22 UTC

And third, there is no drama, because I have many plans for the present and the future. Already, speculation has begun that Alguersuari could switch places with Daniel Ricciardo at HRT, where in 2011 Red Bull had a driver deal in place with the Spanish team. The 23-year-old is yet to comment, but...

F1: Red Bull stuns Formula One with all-new Toro Rosso lineup

www.motorsport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:22:30 UTC

Red Bull has stunned the Formula One world by ousting existing drivers Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi and installing an all-new lineup for its second team Toro Rosso. Vergne, meanwhile, impressed at the wheel of the championship-winning RB7 during last month's young driver test in Abu Dhabi,...

Dates for your diary: F1 2012 calendar

www.crash.net — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:22:29 UTC

The line-up of events that will comprise the F1 2012 World Championship schedule.

Q and A with Jean-Eric Vergne

www.autosport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:21:14 UTC

Q. Jev, we see you're celebrating your drive by working in the simulator. Must be a good feeling knowing you will be getting the benefit of all this work yourself next year? Jean-Eric Vergne: I think it's a good thing to be working today, just a few hours after hearing that I have the drive with Toro...

QA with Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne

www.formula1.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:18:00 UTC

Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Scuderia Toro Rosso Test Driver. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Scuderia Toro Rosso STR6 Test Driver. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Scuderia Toro Rosso Test Driver. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Scuderia Toro Rosso STR6 Test Driver. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Red Bull Racing. Jean-Eric Vergne...

Q and A with Toro Rosso's Franz Tost

www.autosport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:16:18 UTC

Franz Tost: Our driver line-up had been under discussion for a long time as it is obviously a vital component of the team's performance. The final decision was taken in a meeting at Red Bull headquarters in Austria on 13 December 2011. FT: We do not wish to discuss our driver contracts, but let's just...

Tost: Toro Rosso a place for rookies

www.autosport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:11:34 UTC

Scuderia Toro Rosso principal Franz Tost says the outfit replaced Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari because they were no longer fulfilling the team's criteria as a place to bring on rookies. The Italian outfit caused a surprise on Wednesday when it announced that it was replacing both its drivers...

Ricciardo says STR drive a big relief

www.autosport.com — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:08:33 UTC

Daniel Ricciardo says it was a "big relief" to hear he has secured a racing seat with the Toro Rosso team for the 2012 season.